Illustrated & Plate Books
Elvis & the Birth of Rock.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Music Biography] SIGNED DELUXE EDITION. Quarto (36 x 26cm), pp.156. Number 273 of 350 copies thus, SIGNED by the photographer, Lew Allen, and guest editor Mike McCartney. Lew Allen's photographs are reproduced throughout in duotone inks with image varnishing on to heavyweight, 200 gsm matt art..... More
A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, In the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, and Other Field-Amusements, as Practised in that Country With General Observations on the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Husbandry, and Commerce: Strictures on the Customs and Manners of the French People; With a View of the Comparative Advantages of Sporting in France and England. In a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. The Earl of Darlington. To Which is Prefixed, an Account of French Wolf-Hunting. By Colonel Thornton, of Thornville-Royal, Yorkshire. Illustrated With Upwards of Eighty Correct and Picturesque Delineations from Original Drawings from Nature, by Mr. Bryant, and Other Eminent Artists. In Two Volumes.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. [Travel] FIRST EDITION, in two volumes. Quartos (30 x 24cm), pp.lxvi; 168; [6], pp.xii; 260; [12]. With numerous in-text engravings and 51 engraved plates across the two volumes, some of them fold-out. Both with frontispieces and vignette title pages, frontispiece of volume II..... More
The Flight to France, or, The Memoirs of a Dragoon: A Tale of the Days of Dumouriez.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888 [1892]. [Historical Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, a later issue. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 231 [33]. Publisher's catalogue dated 1892. With 32 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Roux. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration, re-backed in matching green..... More
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha; explained with Short, Apt, and Instructive Notes, in a Method entirely different from all Modern Publications of the Sacred Book: and Cleared from that Variety of Opinions and Conjectures, many of which have no Support in the Scriptures; have been collected without Judgement; and serve more to disturb and confound, than to instruct, edify, and confirm the Reader in the Faith and Practice of a Christian.
London: W. Adlard and J. Browne, date misprinted [1770]. [Illustrated Bible] RARE IMPRINT. Folio, (42 x 28cm), unpaginated. Collation: A-13F2. Date misprinted as 2170 in Roman numerals. With a copper engraved frontispiece by Cole after Wale, as well as 33 further copper engraved plates by various artists. With an index..... More
Nouvelle Maniere de Fortifier Les Places.
The Hague: Arnout Leers, 1684. EARLY EDITION. Foolscap octavo, pp.[10], 96 [2]. All text in French. With 12 folding plans and tables at rear. In later mottled full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine and further gilt decoration to spine. All edges flecked red. Armorial..... More
The Hand-Book of Swindling. By the late Captain Barabbas Whitefeather, late of the Body-Guard of His Majesty, King Carlos; Treasurer of the British Wine and Vinegar Company; Trustee for the Protection of the River Thames from Incendiaries; Principal Inventor of Poyais Stock; Ranger of St George's Fields; Original Patentee of the Parachute Conveyance Association; Knight of every Order of the Fleece; Scamp and Cur.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Crime and Con-Artistry] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.viii; 87 [1]. With four engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece. Publisher's green limp cloth covers, with gilt titles and decoration to upper. All edges gilt, with yellow-coated endpapers. A highly attractive armorial bookplate..... More
The Last Fight of the Revenge. With an Introduction by Henry Newbolt.
London: Gibbings and Company, 1908. [Maritime history] Quarto (26 x 17cm), pp.132. Contemporary binding by Onrock and Son in full red crushed morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine; period three-masted tall ship made from brown and white leather onlays to centre of upper with elaborate gilt-stamped..... More
Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Natural Powers of Wind and Water to Turn Mills and Other Machines Depending on a Circular Motion. And an Experimental Examination of the Quantity and Proportion of Mechanic Power Necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of Velocity to Heavy Bodies from a State of Rest. Also New Fundamental Experiments upon the Collision of Bodies. With Five Plates of Machines.
London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1794. FIRST EDITION in book form. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 110 [2]. With five folding copper-engraved plates at rear, and two folding tables. In recent red half calf with two raised bands, gilt titles to spine and red cloth boards. Mark..... More
Concert For George.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd., 2004. [Rock photo-documentary] COLLECTOR EDITION, signed by Olivia Harrison. Folio, pp.306. Number 1604 of 2500 copies. Publisher's decorative padded cloth binding, housed in a silk-screen printed clamshell box. Inside a pocket in the box are four laminated back-stage passes and an original concert programme from the..... More
The Romance of the Echoing Wood.
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
Master Humphrey's Clock [The Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge].
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION in book-form. 3 volumes, quartos (25 x 17 x 9cm), pp.[2] iv; 306, pp.vi; 306, pp.vi; 426 [4]. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt and blind, with gilt-blocked clock design to..... More
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings In English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930. [Illustrated Poetry] LIMITED EDITION, a Presentation Copy, one of 750 copies SIGNED in pencil to the frontispiece by Willy Pogany, numbered 'Artist'. Small Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.175 [1]. With twelve mounted colour plates including a frontispiece, an original etching signed in pencil..... More
Concert For George.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd., 2004. [Rock photo-documentary] COLLECTOR EDITION, signed by Olivia Harrison. Folio (36 x 27cm), pp.306. Number 1898 of 2500 copies. Publisher's decorative padded cloth binding, housed in a silk-screen printed clamshell box. Inside a pocket in the box are four laminated back-stage passes and an original concert..... More
Wood On Canvas. Every Picture Tells A Story Forewords by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1998. [Music and Art] LIMITED COLLECTOR EDITION. Folio (40 x 32cm), pp.144. Number 369 of 2500 copies, SIGNED by the author. Four-colour printed leaves, some folding-plates. Quarter-bound in rich black cloth over blue art paper boards with colour title label, spine blocked in silver, accompanying CD in..... More
The Novels of Jane Austen, in Ten Volumes: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; and Emma]. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1895-97. [Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, later impressions thus. Ten volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 20cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait, and two or three other illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F.C. Tilney. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles..... More
The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. A New Edition. With a Series of Plates, from the Illuminated Drawings contained in a valuable Ms. of the Original Romance.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane and Co., 1814. Limited Edition to 175 regular copies. Quarto; pp: half title page, frontispiece, title page, (12), (1), vi - xxvii, (1), iv, 544. Illustrated with black and white plates based on drawings from the original manuscript. Complete. This edition is edited by Edward..... More
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. [Pre-Raphaelite Poetry] FIRST KING-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 310. With 96 illustrations by King, including a frontispiece, decorated title page, and numerous in-text illustrations and full-page plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge..... More
The Plays of Shakspeare [Shakespeare].
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. [Shakespeare] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND SET. Twelve volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 44cm). With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the Bard to volume I, and an engraved headpiece for each play by various artists. Contemporary green half morocco, with gilt titles and..... More
The Mysterious Island (part II): Abandoned.
New York: Scribner's & Sons, 1880. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 304; [10]. With a frontispiece and 49 (of 50) engraved plates by Ferat. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spines and uppers, bevelled edges, coated yellow endpapers. No inscriptions..... More
Six Months at the Cape. Or Letters to Periwinkle from South Africa.
London: James Nisbet and Co., 1879. [African Colonial Topography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. With 12 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'Mrs. Aveling | with kind regards from | The Author.' Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
Through the Eyes of Gilbert & George: The Line of Beauty. Shared Vision volume II.
Fyfield: Oak Tree Fine Press, 2004. [First Chapter Book] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.41 [3]. Number 40 of 85 copies thus, from a total limitation of 100, SIGNED by the author, and with an original print SIGNED by Gilbert & George. A colour illustration to preliminaries..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirth and Marvels. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. [Children's Illustrated] RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION, DELUXE SIGNED ISSUE, number 347 of 560 copies. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xx; 549 [3]. With twenty-four mounted coloured plates, captioned tissue guards, twelve illustrations with tint, and sixty-six line drawings. Publisher's gilt decorated white vellum with fore-edge ties..... More
Peter Lanyon 1918-1964.
Penzance: Andrew Lanyon, with St. Ives Printing and Publishing Company, 1990. [Biography and Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.340. Heavily illustrated throughout with tipped-in plates. Number 417 of 500 copies SIGNED by the author, Andrew Lanyon, in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's black cloth, with..... More
The Pie and the Patty-Pan.
New York, NY: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. (19 x 15cm), pp.52. With 10 chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and many more in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with white titles to spine and upper board, and a small circular chromolithographic illustration..... More
Gargantua and Pantagruel.
London: The Folio Society, 2019. [Satirical Novels] LIMITED EDITION, FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Folio (38 x 28cm), pp.xxviii; 454 [6]; pp.xii; 455-949 [5]. A modern translation with Dore's original in-text wood engravings. Number 169 of 500 copies thus, typeset in Bulmer and printed on Abbey Pure Paper at..... More